The Apollonia Dance Organ at the Musical Instrument Museum plays "Alexander's Ragtime Band"

[@leonsvideokanaal36]

this old lady travelled far to the museum from belgium antwerp. glady see this machine is still working properly.

[@richardclay]

The actual music starts at 3:05.

[@rafvn23]

I'm from Belgium, not far from Antwerpen and my grandfather loved the music coming out of these organs. And actually me too but as a technician I admire most of the mechanics behind it. Serious engineering...

[@karlvasquez5989]

There is a fantastic organ museum in St. Albans Hertfordshire England,UK, it has at least 6 of these organs plus a wurlitzer full pipe organ and other treasures

[@12799MaDeuce]

St Albans Organ Theatre

[@wildrosetc]

It's so neat seeing these old instruments! Imagine hearing this back when the machine was in prime condition 😮

[@usmale49]

Absolutely fantastic. Would have loved to hear more! Thank you for uploading and sharing!

[@vaughngordon1095]

At the begining of May 1996 my wife and I were on our last stop of our tour of Eureka Springs Arkansas honeymoon. Before we left town we visited a musical museum whose name I cannot remember. It was the first day they opened that year however the original owner had recently passed. His daughter instead gave us the tour which was amazing. It featured many of these wonderful machines most of which still worked. I was astounded by the size of the collection, and the condition each one was in.... They had a warehouse full of them.... it was amazing.

[@larryjohnson6385]

Wow that’s awesome 😎

[@Trumpet-88mph]

I'm damn happy I saw this! I never knew something like this even existed! Thanks man

[@natalietate5805]

I never seen it played at the musical instrument museum at Arizona before, so amazing

[@thedogesl]

Yes, very cool. So is the whole museum.

[@bloggerccc]

I've been to the MIM and don't recall seeing it -- or any band organs, for that matter. I was only there for part of a day and I suspect even a full day might not be enough time to do it justice.

[@johnosborne6857]

What museum in Arizona is it?

[@TomPauls007]

We made a special trip down to AZ specifically to see the MIM for two days. Amazing place - top drawer. This instrument is very loud. We were always there at around 3pm to hear it play. Sounds wonderful; you'd need a high-end recording rig to capture the sound well.

[@thedogesl]

Quite true. Six years ago all I had was my iPhone 7+ and no USB mic. I have a 13+ these days and a Sure USB mic that would probably produce better results.

[@stephenspark776]

Love the Odeon-esque facade.

[@121omePiet]

oh..my... it needs tlc so much now

[@mikegross6107]

She should have had a microphone so we could hear everything she said more clearly! Anyway, thanks for the video!

[@thedogesl]

I also have some vids from the Musical Cabinet Museum in Rüdesheim am Rhein from last June that I will have to post at some point. Wanted to do a bit of editing first, though.

[@kaitlingower7357]

Beautiful 😍

[@arburo1]

I think you'll find that the MIDI system will fail long before the mechanical keyframe and card music wear out.

[@bertspeggly4428]

Maybe, but it could be easily fixed by pressing the reset button. I think it is good thinking to play these instruments with MIDI for demonstrations.

[@geoffreypiltz271]

Yes, but the Midi can be replaced easily and cheaply.

[@thedogesl]

@@geoffreypiltz271 Yes. Those old cards, on the other hand, are antiques that need to be preserved.

[@aavuz]

@@thedogesl Fitting a MIDI absolutely ruins the authenticity of these organs. The keyframes and card music 'books' are remarkably robust and (I don't know about the US) here is the UK there are several businesses who make new books and repair old ones. You COULD eliminate wear and tear on the whole of the organ mechanism by putting some sort of digital i-thingy and speakers inside the organ. It just depends whether you're bothered about it being authentic or not. We seem to be obsessed with putting computers into everything nowadays!

[@fallenmango8420]

@@aavuz this is stupid. It’s like complaining about microwaving water to make tea. All they’re changing is how the music is stored.

[@myotherbrotherdarrel4495]

I want to tune the piccolos and accordions sooo bad

[@robertdehlinger6531]

Part of the fun of these instruments is that they sound kind of off key!

[@jasonsummit1885]

Some accordions are detuned on purpose to create a certain sound. I play accordion, that's the only reason I know.

[@myotherbrotherdarrel4495]

I play too. That's why i can't listen to this machine. It sounds like 3rd grade orchestra lol

[@myotherbrotherdarrel4495]

Most of these machines belonged to a circus and traveled east coast to west coast 100 times in a bumpy trailer. No climate control either. That's why they sound off kilter

[@richardprzybylek5847]

If there is one reason to come to Phoenix is the MIM the instruments they have is just amazing and they are always looking for donations

[@stevenjohnson5197]

Take that boom boxes! 😝

[@GordonSatteson]

Fun!

[@saturiavelez1867]

Tambien podiamos imitar ese artefacto de organo músical

[@kb43ver]

So sad to see such a beautiful historic instrument beeing operated by a computer

[@richardmillhousenixon]

At least it's operating period.

[@matthiaswynants4857]

In such a bad condition.. So sad.

[@BlondieSL]

Which? The machine or that horrible woman? ROFL

[@biggc73]

A bit of Tuning on the Trumpets is needed

[@zggoxxroblox]

Bruh, the start scared me

[@larryjohnson6385]

Awesome 😎😎

[@sidjohnson1616]

We have the national music museum which is in vermillion south dakota the largest collection of instruments in the country and one of the largest in the world. There is thousands of musical instruments. Google national music museum

[@zackariahmayhew8324]

Alexander rag time band

[@sebastiandziekanowski2383]

Incredible

[@sagittarius420cheefie]

Begins at 3:05

[@ceessloot4440]

Arthur Prinsen book . 100 %

[@leonardogsperin]

I think its not an organ but is a fotoplayer

[@davidelongo6438]

Indeed, that's not an organ: that's a JAZZ organ - as it's written on the instrument itself, if you didn't notice that :P

[@leonardogsperin]

@@davidelongo6438 i belive u don't know what a fotoplayer is

[@barriegilbert1315]

NO NO NO ~ It's a mechanical DANCE ORGAN very popular in BELGIUM ~ see also GAVIOLI MARENGHI VERBEEK CHIAPPA etc... agree should be on its key frame and book system not midi as is my 36 key Dutch street organ built in 1927!

[@KristoAnimates]

@@leonardogsperin a fotoplayer is different..

[@sondrayork6317]

Wow, too bad they don’t make player organs or player purses anymore, now you can just press a demo button on a keyboard and it will do the same thing, without the paper roll that is.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

They definitely do still make both player organs and player pianos.

[@richardvoogd705]

There's something special about the older style organs which come with moving parts to capture the imagination.

[@SACWarrior70s]

A mono Pod could have helped wt your filming. It was too shaky. YOU QUIT THE RECORDING TOO SOON! LEARN your camera to make better, earthquake free videos.

[@mauroghiotto]

Ma metti una samba.

[@BlondieSL]

I'm sorry, but that woman just ruins the entire presentation! it's bad enough that she blathers on, but then she stands there CONDUCTING the machine!!! GIVE ME A BREAK! No wonder this vid only got 162 likes in over 5 years!

[@thedogesl]

I just thought some folks might find it interesting, especially if they have never seen one of these remarkable machines in action. I wasn't particularly interested in how many "likes" it got.

[@michalmiroslavmendel3589]

Woah dude chill XD you can always skip

[@geoffreypiltz271]

Watching and listening is not compulsory. Find something else.

[@richardvoogd705]

​@@thedogeslagreed, seeing these machines in action is something special.